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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries used their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and continues the primary answer to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the identical tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this assault."